Common Errors: Test: Affect - Effect

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Affect (verb) - to change. Effect (noun) - result. Affect Effect It usually affect^s young children.
Local officials have limited the movement of people in areas affect^ed by the disease.
The report says such damage will have the greatest effect^ in poor countries with large populations.
For example, pollution has seriously affect^ed the production of rice and wheat in Lahore, Pakistan.
The researchers said they would expect the drug to have an increased effect^ if used before the cancer has spread.
Scientists say even small changes in the Earth's temperature can have serious effect^s on the environment.
The World Wide Fund For Nature has released a report about the effect^s of global warming on the world's environment.